<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by sfpaul900:
I have been Plat with Marriott since 1994 and I was booked into the Hyatt in SF by the corporate travel folks so I called Hyatt and asked if they would match my elite status. They asked me to fax a statement and, lo, I am now a Diamond member. I really am preferring Hyatt to Marriott, and with George Bush's recession hitting San Francisco very hard, I'm staying at the Park Hyatt for $102 on weekends and the Hyatt Regency for $114 during the week. I'm looking forward to earning enough points for a stay at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, a far better hotel than anything Marriott has to offer</font>
Injecting politics into a debate of chains...perhaps if you'd choose a state of residence that embraces capitalism more...you'd be on the front end of recovery from the Clinton recession.